Members of the Coalition for Poultry Safety Reform welcome the announcement today by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) launching a new effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products.
An unprecedented coalition of consumer groups, illness survivors, poultry industry leaders, academic scientists, and other food safety leaders are seeking a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to make a united case for a modernized, science-based regulatory approach to ensure the food safety of poultry products.
In this September 2, 2021 letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, CSPI and other consumer groups, joined by representatives of the poultry industry and food safety experts, ask for a meeting to make the case for a modernized regulatory system to reduce incidence of Salmonella and Campylobacter.
